<div dir="ltr">Thanks Kevork,<div><br></div><div>Gartner Group are also a reasonable source of more general technology trend/prediction information. eg <a href="https://www.gartner.com/doc/2667526/top--strategic-technology-trends">https://www.gartner.com/doc/2667526/top--strategic-technology-trends</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>However they do tend to be very corporate-focussed, and probably now there are more relevant sources of trends. Oh yes, Gartner sell their data - but conveniently they are quoted a lot by others...</div>
<div><br></div><div>ken</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Kevork Krozian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kevork@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">kevork@edulists.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div lang="EN-AU" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Folks<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Sorry for repeats of this message.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
I have been browsing the Horizon Report ( final report to be published in June 2014 ) specially with the new Study Design <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://k12.wiki.nmc.org/" target="_blank">http://k12.wiki.nmc.org/</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-horizon-k12-final-topics.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-horizon-k12-final-topics.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some interesting reading specially looking out the 1, 2 and 5 year windows.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MyriadPro-Bold","sans-serif";color:#222222">III. Important Developments in K-12 Educational Technology<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Bold","sans-serif";color:#222222">Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222">BYOD<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222">Cloud Computing<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Bold","sans-serif";color:#222222">Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222">Games and Gamification<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222">Learning Analytics<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Bold","sans-serif";color:#222222">Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222">The Internet of Things<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222">Wearable Technology</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Another great source of high powered technology trends is Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. If you wish to compare technologies eg. Microsoft Hyper-V vs VMware vs Parallels vs Citrix<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See <a href="http://virtualization.info/en/news/2013/07/gartner-releases-its-2013-magic-quadrant-for-x86-server-virtualization-infrastructure.html" target="_blank">http://virtualization.info/en/news/2013/07/gartner-releases-its-2013-magic-quadrant-for-x86-server-virtualization-infrastructure.html</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Interested in secure email gateway options and not sure to go with Barracuda, Symantec , Mcafee etc see <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.proofpoint.com/id/gartner-email-security-magic-quadrant/" target="_blank">http://www.proofpoint.com/id/gartner-email-security-magic-quadrant/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kindest Regards<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span>Kevork Krozian<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Edulists Creator Administrator<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.edulists.com.au" target="_blank">www.edulists.com.au</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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